MLS -make life simple

I just may take this advice:

It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important. - Madeleine L'Engle

The Versatile iPhone

Check out how you can improvise with an iPhone.

Calling All Professors

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. -Dwight D. Eisenhower

Will Whitey Win?

I cannot pass up this little gem from CBS news:

"It's the typo to end all typos: Illinois gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney's name is misspelled as "Rich Whitey" on some electronic-voting machines in Chicago, and officials say the problem can't be fixed before election day.
The Chicago Sun-Times, which broke the story, notes that half of the flawed machines are in predominantly African-American areas of the city. The problem is present in 23 of Chicago's 50 wards.
"I don't want to be identified as 'Whitey.' If this is happening in primarily African-American wards, that's an even bigger concern," Whitney, the Green party candidate, told the Sun-Times.
He added that the typo could be the result of "machine politics" and said "this has to be disconcerting to a voter," though he added he was not sure how it will impact the vote.
A Rasmussen poll out today found Whitney taking just two percent of the vote. The survey found he trails Republican Bill Brady with 46 percent, Democratic Governor Pat Quinn with 40 percent and independent Scott Lee Cohen with 4 percent.
Whitney's name is actually spelled correctly on initial screens on the electronic voting machines but then becomes "Rich Whitey" on review screens. City officials say they do not have sufficient time to reprogram the machines, though Whitney is reportedly considering legal action to try and force them to address the matter."

Lychee Pork With Forbidden Rice

I sometimes get badgered for not using my impulsive "gourmet goodie" purchases filling up my pantry. Here's how I used my can of lychees yesterday.

Lychee Pork With Forbidden Rice

6 boneless pork loin chops (taking up space in my small freezer)
3 T soy sauce
3 T cornstarch
3 T peanut oil

Cut chops into 1 inch chunks (while partially frozen, it's easier). Marinate in soy sauce for about one hour. Dust with cornstarch. Heat peanut oil in wok and fry dusted pork chunks till brown. Save the leftover slurry marinade.




Remove pork from wok. Set aside. Add to wok:

2 carrots, cut into 1/4 inch diagonally slices
1 red bell pepper, cut into 1/4 inch squares


Saute for couple of minutes till carrots are tender then add:
lychees, drained and cut in half
pork

And mixture of:

1 T dry sherry
3 T hoisin sauce
4 T lychee juice, from can
leftover marinade slurry (add about 1/4 cup water)

Heat through till pork is cooked - about 5 minutes. Top with:
3 scallions, sliced on the diagonal
2 T toasted sesame seeds

Serve with Forbidden Rice [1 cup Jasmine Rice (uncooked) mixed with only 1-2 T black rice (also uncooked) - this is enough to turn the rice purplish. Cook as you normally would.] My 10 lb. bag of black rice is going to last a long time!
Enjoy!!